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Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack

Dealers forced to turn to pen and paper after attack knocked out inventory software

Brian Osterndorff, chair of the board of the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association, and president and CEO of Robert’s Farm Equipment, a seven-store group in Ontario, said on June 26 that they had just been informed that they could use the system again.

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Hog farm targeted by ransomware

The farm was told to admit it abused animals, with no financial ransom requested to free its computer system

Activists attacked an Ontario hog farm with ransomware this spring. But instead of cash, the attackers demanded the family publicly admit to what the activists claimed were instances of livestock […] Read more